"boater101" wrote in message
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Seems the two block
plugs along the passenger side of the engine block are coming out. In
fact, when I hook up a garden hose directly into the thermostat to
supply water to the engine (thus bypassing the impeller system
altogether). Water is gurgling out/around one of the engine block
plugs. Figures, it's the block plug directly beside the motor mount,
thus I can't get a clear look at what the "true" problem might be.

Anyone know how these block plugs get put back in?


It sounds like you have freeze damage, possilby a cracked block too, or the
motor was an automotive block with rusted thru core plugs that were steel,
not brass. It's time for the professionals to check it out for you.

Bill Grannis
service manager